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well ive read the manga so i decieded to see the anime...but boy was i dissapointed, the anime wasnt bad or so..but they could have follwed the manga then it would have been much better. The endig of the anime sucked..totally different from the manga.
But overall the anime was good, manga was much better..

I've just finished reading the love hina manga.. and i must say. OMG.
That has got to be the most emotional moving story i have ever read. Most books ya read don't follow a person/persons so much that you see how they grow, as much as this one does. I mean i really got into the story to the point as to where i couldn;t wait to turn the page and see what happens, and thats rare for me.
i've read A.I. love you and to me it was ok, but when i got started reading LH i couldn;t stop.
I just hope Negima gives me as much as fullfillment as this, probably not as emotional but its hijinks will keep me entertained.

all i can say is Ken Akamatsu

I am a huge fan of Love Hina, and I am telling you that you are reading it for the wrong thigns (emotional, moving, and story). If you are reading stories for that I point you to series that do a better job of doing it like Naruto, One Piece, or Rurouni Kenshin. Love Hina is great because of the COMEDY. The series is funny as hell and it has some fanservice to satify the pervs out there.

Welcome to the club! It's a really fascinating story, and what I admire most about it is how Akamatsu managed to string out five different love stories at the same time... In any case, there are a lot of people I'm sure that may have given up on the story because it is so long; and yet, I'm very glad that the story was so long... It kind of gave me something to hold onto for two and a half years while Tokyopop was releasing it.

And yet, while some girls' love may not be as prominant as the next, each and every relationship with Keitaro was integral to keeping all of Hinata Sou together.

I think I remember Akamatsu at the end of the series mentioning that even though Kitsune had a small role in terms of how much she actuall conversed with Keitaro and Naru, she was still integral to the whole story. Which reminds me of the one time where Kitsune shows that she is falling for Keitaro... It's at some point where Naru and Kei are arguing and mad over one another (I think), and Kitsune volunteers to comfort little miss Narusegawa. By the slip of a tongue she notes something like "maybe all of this time I was just letting you have Keitaro," to which Naru simply states, "what?" "Oh, nothing, nothing, nothing..." And so on. I loved Kitsune's character one of the most because of her chronic knack for gambling and for her ability to keep a story together while still being out of the limelight. And any author and/or artist that can craft a story in which one character (or more) can do that and do it well, gains much of my appreiciation.

I would have to say that my favorite scene in the manga of Love Hina, where Ken Akamatsu's story structure really took me by surprise was when Keitaro was scheduling to go off to the United States for a semester with Seta. After the initial flight is delayed Kei and Naru are [still] arguing over whether or not the trip is good for their relationship and the conversation gets a little heated. Naru almost openly confesses her love for Keitaro; "Why? Why don't you want me to go?" "Because I lo-" and she cuts herself off...

Ahhhh, it's been a few long months since I've read a single panel of the comic, but I remember it well.

well I guess i am just a hopeless romantic then Kris cause i just loved the story
I've seen reviews of maison ikkoku and it seems interesting and since its from the author of ranma and inuyasha i'm sure i'll love it. not saying her name since i can;t spell it right

as far as naruto and one peice i have watched the anime and loved them and plan on getting the manga one day. the only reason i got love hina manga was because i had alrdy watched the anime, altho i felt a little jilted it was still a good show for me.
currently i am reading/watching the following:

What is interesting to know is that Akamatsu originally intended Love Hina to be just filler for Shonen magazine. But suddenly (around volume 4, or so) it got a LOT better and the result was a story that was beautiful as was captivating.

I love the changes the characters go through, especially Motoko and Shinobu. And, by the way, have you noticed that the first thing Shinobu does once she matures (in volume 14, before we see her in adult form) is to send Keitaro airborn, by hitting him?

Some characters, like Mutsumi, Kaolla, and Kitsune were static but they played a great part in the story, and there were hints that there was much more to them than meets the eye. Kaolla despite her happy-so-lucky attitude is essentially a very lonely person, and Kitsune despite her attitude is a really caring person. In fact one of the static characters, Mutsumi, is my favourite because she is sweet, innocent, naive and very beautiful.

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Why Keitaro doesn't choose her is beyond me.... I loved the story where she regresses to being a five year old and almost ends up marrying Keitaro. And the way she lost Keitaro to Naru by playing Janken...

For me, even Kanako is an interesting and important character.

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She is important because she is the one that actually causes Keitaro and Naru's relationship to progress (I believe she is just misunderstood).

Even one of the most villified aspects of the Manga (just check out any Love Hina Fanfic section), the Naru/Keitaro relationship worked well for me.

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I liked how they develop from being strangers hostile that are hostile to each other to being friends and then lovers.

Naru's character is interesting because she is one of those people that get in the way of their own happiness.

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She knows that she loves Keitaro and that she would be happy with him, but she is so much worried about what her friends will think, and so afraid of the future that it takes an INCREDIBLE amount of persuasion by Kanako and the rest of the Hinata Sou gang to make her admit her true feelings. Heck, even AFTER she admits her true feelings, she almosts breaks up with Keitaro for the silliest of reasons.

She is incredibly worried about her image.

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Notice how she looks left and right to see if anybody's there before kissing Keitaro on the cheek... Not to forget the diarrhea incident in pararakelse.

Despite that she is a likeable character. She cares about Keitaro a lot and is actually sweet, despite her mood swings and violent behaviour. There are points in the Manga where she offers support to him and helps him out.

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Not to mention the point in the story where she actually admits that she is selfish and wonders why Keitaro fell in love with her. And, by the way, the start of volume 11 is not the first time she almost admits she loves Keitaro. In volume 10, just after Mutsumi is cured of her amnesia, and right before she gets on the boat back to Hinata, she actually says "I am completely and utterly in lov..." before the wind shows us (and Keitaro) a flash of her panties and causes her to go into a violent outburst, completely ruining the moment

Most of her flaws stem from the fact that she is a good but insecure person. She is insecure about her sexuality

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(she punches Keitaro whenever he sees her naked and yet she freaks out whenever he ignores her)

she is insecure about boys, she is insecure about her future, she is insecure about herself she is even insecure about her friends. It is through her relationship with Keitaro that she gets over those insecurities and actually finds some kind of balance in her life.Like most of the characters in the manga Naru develops as well and ends up being quite a mature person (well... almost).

The anime was not bad, but it lacked the character development the Manga had. The other girl's crushes on Keitaro were downplayed, and in the end of the anime, they were essentially where they had started. The anime also misses one of the most important points of the manga, Keitaro wondering where he is headed in life, and what he is supposed to do (just before he decides to go study in the states. However, I did like the fact that Kitsune's character was more developed in the anime than in the manga. And of course, I am thankfull because the anime introduced me to the manga.

Whew! Sorry about the verbal diarrhea... But the Love Hina manga is one of my favourite topics... Right after GTO...

love hina was my first favorite manga lol. i downloaded it and read it in 2 days. i like it so much that i bought all the books and have read the series 14 times and some of the books more than that lol. its been awhile since i've read it though so maybe i'll re-read it again soon. ^.^

love hina was my first favorite manga lol. i downloaded it and read it in 2 days. i like it so much that i bought all the books and have read the series 14 times and some of the books more than that lol. its been awhile since i've read it though so maybe i'll re-read it again soon. ^.^

Love Hina is a comic that is fun to re-read over and over again, because everyonce in a while you'll stumble upon an experience or conversation that will change your perspective of a character (or rather, how you understand that character to think). Sometimes you stumble upon errors in translation (like thought bubbles with no text...) as well...

Love Hina is a comic that is fun to re-read over and over again, because everyonce in a while you'll stumble upon an experience or conversation that will change your perspective of a character (or rather, how you understand that character to think). Sometimes you stumble upon errors in translation (like thought bubbles with no text...) as well...

...and you need to read it in order, never making that mistake again
i recently reread the series in order (i had been missing vol. 8 and 9 for a long time) and discovered certain things about the characters (like Su) that i didn't realize before

Love Hina emotional? Well, in some ways, yeah, I guess you can say there's emotional stuff in there. However, what detracts from it being seriously emotional like what you see in some shoujo manga is... well, Love Hina wasn't suppose to be serious in the first place.

It's a romantic comedy, with I suppose with lots of potential to be more mature and dark with all the tangly relationships that were there.

I don't know if I would go so far as to say that Love Hina was potentially dark, I will note that it did have the ability to go from dead serious in one panel to slapstick comedy in another, without really losing the reader's interest. The way the story is written, is so that the reader can apparently understand either plot device to be an honest interpretation of how the characters move and think within the world that is Love Hina.

In around volume 12 is it of the manga there is the little story dedicated to Seta and Haruka.
About the promise Seta made with Haruka and Sarah's mother would he have genuinely chosen Haruka or was it because Sarah's mother passed away that he asked Haruka?
He also says that "there's only four hours left" and Haruka replies by telling him not to push it. Does that mean four hours until the time for the promise is over?

I hope you're/ya not abusing the manga scans. If you really like it buy it, on ebay or something, support your authors.

The major plot differences ya say really dont make much differences in the storyline. Its very very minimal to the storyline. Kei calling Naru "Narusegawa" is quite insignificant ne? But its rather cool to have a little different story ne?

I hope you're/ya not abusing the manga scans. If you really like it buy it, on ebay or something, support your authors.

The major plot differences ya say really dont make much differences in the storyline. Its very very minimal to the storyline. Kei calling Naru "Narusegawa" is quite insignificant ne? But its rather cool to have a little different story ne?

Actually there is quite a bit of significance, according to my understanding of the japanese social structure *which might be flawed so, I could be stand corrected*, unless you are really close friends, or intimate, only then does a person call another by his or her given name, otherwise, they would refer to him or her by their maiden name.

There are some unusual cases where you address a person according to your social status, or age. Eg.

According to age
Keitaro is older than Motoko, there for he address' her by her given name
Motoko is Younger than Keitaro, There for she adress' him by his maiden name, Urashima

According to superiority
Naru is younger than Keitaro yet address' him by his given name, showing a certain degree of seniority or superiority
Keitaro address Naru, by her maiden name Narusegawa, symbolizing the amount of uh... superiority.

Spoiler regarding issue 14 of the manga

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At the very last page of issue 14 in the tokyopop edition
Keitaro: I Swear Naru it was an accident
Naru: That's it I'm keeping my maiden name

Glad to see a discussion of Love Hina here. It's one of my top favorite Manga and Anime (I watched the anime first, in both languages - yeah the dub mostly sucks, before buying almost the entire manga set, I'm just missing Vol 11).

I'm not a all bothered by the changes resulting from Tokyopop's translation, other than use of some vulgarity especially in Vol 9, eg Shinobu calling Nyamo and Naru a Floozy, Naru calling Keitaro a dumbass, and this one by Haruka:

Spoiler for Don't open if you're offended by somewhat harsh language:

Haruka blurts out "HOLY SHIT!" after discovering a picture of herself cuddling with Seta. In a scanlation she simply said "WAAA...!"

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